postpone
/poʊstˈpoʊn/ verb B2- To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
He/she/it postpones · Past postponed · Past participle postponed · -ing form postponing
Verb forms
- Base form
- postpone
- He/she/it
- postpones
- Past
- postponed
- Past participle
- postponed
- -ing form
- postponing
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“So serious, sire, that when the circumstance surprised me in the midst of a family festival, on the very day of my betrothal, I left my bride and friends, postponing everything, that I might hasten to lay at your majesty’s feet the fears which impressed me, and the assurance of my devotion.”
Might I ask you to hand me my violin, and we will postpone all further thought upon this business until we have had the advantage of meeting Dr.
“Oh, real enough, from anxiety doubtless,—at any rate they postponed the matter for two months.
It is the exact opposite of the common English word postpone.
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